Science Sundays is Free and Open to the Public - a reception will be held following the lecture in the Wexner Center Cafe - Come and invite your friends.
Ray Jayawardhana - Neutrino Hunters: Chasing a Ghostly Particle to Unlock Cosmic Secrets
Lecture: Wexner Film/Video Theater, 3-4 p.m.
Reception: Wexner Cafe OR: the adjacent Mershon Lobby, 4-5 p.m.
Move over Higgs — it's neutrino time. Take a thrilling journey into the shadowy world of these elusive particles as Jayawardhana recounts a captivating detective story with a colorful cast of characters and awesome cosmic implications.
Dean of Science and professor at York University in Toronto, Ray Jayawardhana is a renowned astrophysicist and award-winning science writer. His primary research areas include the formation and early evolution of stars, brown dwarfs and planets.With more than 100 scientific papers to his credit, Jayawardhana also has written for The Economist, New York Times and Scientific American. He is the author of Strange New Worlds and Neutrino Hunters. Follow him on twitter @DrRayJay.
